Aitkin, Minnesota
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![The Aitkin County Courthouse in Aitkin, listed in the NRHP since 1982 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Aitkin_Co_Courthouse.jpg) The Aitkin County Courthouse in Aitkin, listed on the NRHP since 1982 |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | August 19, 1889 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Aitkin County |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 32 ′ N , 93 ° 43 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,165 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 379.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.7 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 369 m |
| Postal code : | 56431 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-00460 |
| GNIS ID : | 639235 |
| Website : | www.ci.aitkin.mn.us |
| Mayor : | Gary Tibbitts |
 The Northern Pacific Depot in Aitkin, listed on the NRHP since 1982 |
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Aitkin is a small town (with a status of " City ") in Aitkin County in the US state of Minnesota . The census in April 2010. According to Aitkin had 2,165 inhabitants.
geography
Aitkin is located northeast of the geographic center of Minnesota on the left bank of the Upper Mississippi at 46 ° 31'59 "north latitude and 93 ° 42'37" west longitude. The place extends over 5.7 km².
Neighboring towns to Aitkin are Palisade (31.8 km northeast), McGregor (36.8 km east-northeast) and Deerwood (16.8 km southwest).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (201 km south), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (215 km south-southeast), Eau Claire in Wisconsin (341 km southeast), Duluth on Lake Superior (137 km east) and Fargo in North Dakota (267 km west ).
The Canadian border is 270 km north.
traffic
US Highway 169 and Minnesota State Routes 47 and 210 meet in Aitkin . All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway runs through the city in a west-east direction .
The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 225 km south .
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 737 | - | |
| 1900 | 1719 | 133.2% | |
| 1910 | 1638 | -4.7% | |
| 1920 | 1490 | -9% | |
| 1930 | 1545 | 3.7% | |
| 1940 | 2063 | 33.5% | |
| 1950 | 2079 | 0.8% | |
| 1960 | 1829 | -12% | |
| 1970 | 1553 | -15.1% | |
| 1980 | 1770 | 14% | |
| 1990 | 1698 | -4.1% | |
| 2000 | 1984 | 16.8% | |
| 2010 | 2165 | 9.1% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census, Aitkin had 2,165 people in 936 households. The population density was 379.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.08 people lived in each of the 936 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 1.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.2 percent of the population.
22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 27.1 percent were 65 years or older. 54.7 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,294 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,227. 17.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82002923.Retrieved March 25, 2013
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82002926.Retrieved March 25, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 25, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Retrieved on March 25, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved March 25, 2013
